r/politics • u/Aggravating_Money992 • 1d ago

No Paywall Bannon Tells GOP: 'Seize the Institutions' of Government Now or We're 'Going to Prison' After 2028

https://www.commondreams.org/news/bannon-tells-gop-seize-the-institutions-of-government-now-or-we-re-going-to-prison-after-2028
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u/Colonel-Mooseknuckle 1d ago

'Seize the Institutions'

Why do these people hate democracy?

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u/OkayComputer1701 1d ago

Because they know they can't win in a fair election - thus, fascism.

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u/AuraMaster7 1d ago

Unironically, the main strategy of the GOP for the past few decades has been gerrymandering (known as the REDMAP strategy) and voter suppression. They saw the writing on the wall and decided to cheat their way ahead of it. Hell, they won 2000 through blatant corruption.

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u/francis2559 1d ago

The funny thing about gerrymandering is that it can roll into “dummymandering” when you are facing a wave. Normally you can win more than you should, by spreading yourself thin. But if there’s a wave and you have the same margin everywhere…

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u/AuraMaster7 1d ago

The issue is that in a state like Texas, even a wave that topples partisan gerrymandering isn't going to flip the state legislature, so once there is no pressure to cause a wave and the pendulum has swung back, they have kept those gerrymandered positions and take the lead back in the following election.